1205Q11813James Madison Jr.JamesMadison Jr.Madison Jr.,_JamesJames Madison 140x190.jpg17511836Fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), with George Clinton (1809–1812) and Elbridge Gerry (1813–1814), succeeding Thomas Jefferson; succeeded by James Monroe. Fifth Secretary of State (1801–1809), Democratic-Republican House Representative from Virginia (1789–1797); the “father of the Constitution.”